Head of Data Science

Wyatt Partners; London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job description

Head of Data Science is required by a FTSE 100 business.

The Head of Data Science reports to the Chief Data Officer, who sits at Board Level. The Head of Data Science will also sit on the company's Executive Management Committee (top 20 Management Execs in the company).

Key Strategic Objectives for this Role:

• Using predictive modelling to reduce disruption across the business.
• Building scale and developing structure in the data science team.
• Educating and continuing to build a growing analytics community in the business.

Disruption modelling will include working across all areas of the business, not limited to marketing or customer data.

The Data Science Team: The Head of Data Science will have 4 lead data scientists reporting to them, with 4-5 people reporting to each of them. The team generally consists of PhD-level data science talent.

Key Areas for the Head of Data Science:

• Presentation and communication at Board level.
• Creative thinker – conception to execution of projects is very quick.
• Experience in building structure and organizational competency.
• Budget responsibility.

If you’d like to apply for the Head of Data Science role, click on the link to send a CV/Executive Bio and Cover note.